Kenyans Reflect on Legacy of Wangari Maathai Kenyans are in mourning following the recent death of Nobel Prize-winning environmentalist Wangari Maathai. Some shared their thoughts at a park in Nairobi that Maathai famously fought to defend. Uhuru Par

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PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Rachel Carson, 1907-1964: Environmentalist and Author FAITH LAPIDUS: People America, a program in Special English on the Voice of America. Today, Steve Ember and Rich Kleinfeldt tell about scientist Rachel Carson. Her work started

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By Paul Sisco Washington 28 May 2008 The Goldman Environmental Prize is awarded to environmental activists around the world annually for what the Goldman foundation calls environmental grass roots heroism. The prize carries with it $150,000 and has b

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【讲解】: 名字到底怎么读? Leonardo DiCaprio [l???na:d??][ ?dik?pri??] 关于小李子的8个真相 He has never been married. He was born on November, 11, 1974 No wonder DiCaprio feels at home on the red carpet, he was born right in LA

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By Carol Pearson Washington 03 November 2009 A CDC Image of H1N1 influenza virus The World Health Organization says that since April nearly 5,000 people around the world have died from the H1N1 virus, mostly in the Western Hemisphere. Doctors initia

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By Selah Hennessy London 14 October 2009 The four winners of the Swedish award known by many as the 'Alternative Nobel Prize' have been announced, and one of the winners is the Congolese environmentalist Rene Ngongo. Ngongo tells VOA he will use the

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